US2543810A - Garment hanger - Google Patents

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R. SKLAAR GARMENT HANGER m hg, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 5. 1945 INVENTOR RiCHARD SKLAAR BY ATTORNEYS March 6,1951 R, sK A 2,543,810

' QARMENT HANGER Filed Feb, 6, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fin 6.

. INVENTbR Rggmao SKLAAR B y V ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 6, 1 951 R ha d fik aa ch assi noh y 1me'sne. assignments, 29 K 8; S Corp, Baltimemora ilia 1 45.. spe m. 516 195 h invention. rela e o a m han er a d more particularly to improvements in hollow molded clothes hangers or the type that are adap e to r y h ein su lie o tic qe m er for e anation o tun eii nsrve t moths and like insects.

Th r m y b c of he pr sen i vention i to pr v d a mpr vedndeed arm nt han r structure o the ch ac er eathbe wh ch bodies prov d means fer s r ins the banner w h i s m e ai ria Anoth e iect oilthe. v i n is er de imp o ements i m tipar d d clothes. han ers a e the. l ke whereby to ei fect economies; manufacture thereof and toprovide finished hangers of improved weight and strength ru edness characteristics.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the specification hereinafter. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 isa si'ddelevation or? a garment hanger of the invention; 4

Fig.2 is a top plan thereof T Fig. 13.. is a fr'ag'mentar'y s as along line III'III ofFi'g. 1,'on'an enlar edscaleg. :1"

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of a side wall and insecticide fillingfopening portion of the hangerg' l Fig. 5 is. a section taken along line V--V of Fig. 4; V H

6 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken along line VI-VI of Fig; 1; I

Fig. 7 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken alon l e VII-evil. 0; Fi 1;.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a side wall opening. portion of the hanger;

Fig. 9 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken along line IXIX of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 10 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a hook portion of the hanger shown in disassembled relation.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing to comprise a garment hanger body consisting of a fabrication of two half sections 12-44 which have been previously cast or molded to such shapes as to be adapted to be assembled in sideby-side complementing relation along a parting line 15 to comprise a single body which is generally of garment hanger-like form in external appearance. However, as illustrated by the sectional views of Figs. 3, 6, 7, 9, the body elements are so shaped as to provide the external surfaces of the hanger body to be of substantially triangular section but smoothly rounded. Thus, as illustrated by Fig. 6, for example, the assembled 2 l m 2.23am

. 2; ha r b d sermon res n s throu hout t e length of the hanger arms an upper rounded gar= m r t. s por ing su iac T9 and do ly i clining and converging sidewall surfaces 22 .24.

'ljh-us, a dress or coat-like garment to be sup.-

po e up n he han ma b d a d at it h e er-tinneirdfn h h ge b y a w th e neck of.- tliie arme t mp ss n h enlarged central body portion ll of the hanger, in menner a e shoul r po ns of the armen i l b e t n u n nd d pp r pace Z -29 he ha er a m Wh e t wa iql'v an, inwardly herefrqma m o d li-end ngpqr ns f the h bs me t. 7 a

The hanger body sections 12-[4' are formed @9- ,be hollowe as illus r ed i to li en the en ire n r ass bly an t sav n ia fand t p ov a oll w chamber ier f t e han r n rai bod d arm means. for: e ei in asu p o nse t c uch as paradichloride ben zine or other suitable moth poison or insecticide. The central body portion ll or. thehan'ger is provided at its opposite side waHsw a eitur s ti T0 of windo -like form;

the margina edefe Q th p ur d; o ns f the hangersbeing formed with alternately spaced ledges 3273.4. whereby a-cl'osure plate 35 maybe simply spring.- fitted at its opposite edges between deemed ledge n w ed as to. o er e ch the openings 38. As shown Fig. 1, the-cover plates. it will e saint y ns ered s ndicat a We torermi-t escap ii sesti ee mes therethrough while being adapted to maintain the stored insecticide material interiorly of the hanger. Thumb nail recesses 38 are provided in the side wall portions of the hanger to facilitate insertion of cover plate prying means thereunder whenever it is desired to remove the cover plates in connection with servicing of the insecticide material; and it will be understood that whenever it is desired to place the cover plates 35 in hanger closing position they may be simply sprung manually and slip-fitted at their opposite edge portions into position between the support- 7 ing ledges 32-45 and then released so as to ex- "a ofthehanger arms slope downinsecticide fumes from the interior of the hanger While a garment is supported thereon without interference by the garment because the garment held away from contacting the perforated cover plates by the slopes of the side wall portions of the hanger. The hanger body elements .|2--l4 are interiorly ribbed as indicated at 44 and contiguous parts of the ribbed devices are formed with complementing boss and recess formations to provide positioning telescopic connections as indicated at 46 (Figs. 1 and 6) and at 48 (Figs. 1 and 7). Thus, when the hanger ele ments l2l4 are assembled together the positioning devices 46-48 relatively locate these parts in proper order; and it will be understood that the assembly may be finally united by the application of any suitable cementing or welding medium along the parting line [5.

As illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and 10, the suspending hook device of the hanger of the invention is separately molded or otherwise formed into the desired hook shape to comprise a hook body portion 58 terminating in a bottom end having a reduced neck 52 and an enlarged boss 54 carried thereby. The boss 54 is of circular shoulder formation, and the enlarged central body portion I! of the hanger body is suitably chambered as illustrated in Fig. 3 to receive the reduced neck and. enlarged boss portions of the hook 50 in firmly encompassing relation, whereby upon final assembly of the body elements l2-l4 together the lower connection end of the hook 50 will be firmly locked therein. The ends of the hanger arms may be readily formed to converge inwardly as illustrated at 55 to provide hook devices for hanging thereon shoulder strap or looped type garments.

It will be understood that the body and hook elements of the hanger structure of the invention may be formed of any suitable material, but the construction design thereof lends itself peculiarly to manufacture of the hanger assembly parts from thermoplastic material such as one of the presently available synthetic resin compositions. More specifically, I have found for example that the hanger parts may be made of cellulose acetate type plastic materials because materials of this type successfully resist insecticides of the paradicholoride benzine type, whereas certain other type plastics may tend to soften and deteriorate in the presence of such insecticide compounds.

It will of course be understood that although only one form of hanger construction of the invention has been illustrated and described in detail herein, various changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger formed of a pair of complemental molded plastic parts united along a junction plane extending at a slight inclination to the vertical, said plastic parts having opposed cavities formed therein, a supporting hook for the hanger at the central part thereof having a base portion adapted to be embraced between said parts, a hollow chamber formed between the facing cavities in each of said parts for the reception of volatile insecticidal material, said plastic parts having openings in the external walls, readily detachable apertured covers for said openings, reinforcing ribs extending across the inner walls of said parts at congruent portions thereof, and interengaging boss and recess formations on said parts for facilitating alignment therebetween preparatory to their junction.

2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cross-sectional area of said hanger is of generally triangular outline having a rounded top side with lateral sides which are inclined to the vertical, and said hanger terminating in inwardly disposed hooked extremities extending from the ends of the hanger for supporting looped-type and shoulder strap garments, whereby the garments are supported smoothly by said hanger without hindrance to the volatilization of the insecticidal material stored therewithin.

RICHARD SKLAAR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 34,225 Hyde Mar. 12, 1901 1,641,680 Kaufman -1 Sept. 6, 1927 1,877,283 Diskin Sept. 13, 1932 1,962,399 Littledale June 12, 1934 1,981,072 Roman et al Nov. 22, 1934 2,187,691 Newhouse Jan. 16, 1940 2,370,391 Bolten et a1 Feb. 27, 1945 2,398,873 Ward Apr. 23, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 219,384 Switzerland May 16, 1942

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